Boscean (EN) / Bosseghan (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Just
Hundred: 
Penwith
Elements: 

bos

Meaning: 
dwelling

seghan

Meaning: 
dry/waterless place
Elements notes: 
<bos> ‘dwelling’ + <seghan> ‘dry / waterless place’.
Historic forms: 
Bosseghan, Boseghan 1302. Bosseghan 1326. Bossaghan 1508. Bosseighan, Bosieghan 1584. Bossehan 1589. Bosahan 1696. Bossean 1825. Bosean 1842.